On our evening walk we passed by a Burkes Outlet and hanging over their door was a big sign that proclaimed in 2-foot high letters “NEW SHIPMENT TODAY!” I guess I was supposed to run right on in and see if there was any stuff I didn’t see just yesterday when I was in there. I’m betting they have that sign up everyday and there are people who go in looking. They probably can keep it up legally too, because I’m sure everyday UPS drops something off.
Josh has decided to call it quits on the CD Mix Of the Month Club, a sad day indeed. It started out as a good idea, but as with everything internet, word got out and outgrew it’s roots. Thanks for the ride. I guess that I can always rejoin Columbia House again – nah, then I’d have to pick out the music myself and pay a lot for it to boot. For now I’ll just listen to RADIOIO.
As promised, a new Miata thing to keep track of. I’m going to keep track of all the money spent on the Miata. Everything, including gas, repair parts, service, and mods. I was going to do mileage, but I forget to write down what the mileage was this morning…maybe I’ll start that on next April 4th.
Purchased Today: nothing
Money spent since 03/03/03: $0.00
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Started ugly, but changed into a beautiful day around lunch. Went for another hike in Hitchcock Woods this afternoon. We’re not sure of the mileage, because when we checked it at the car at finish it read .03 miles. Once, part way into the hike it read 1.9 miles. We were in the woods about an hour and a half so if we interpolate from Friday’s data (two miles in an hour) we probably covered 3 miles. Unlike Friday were I knew exactly where we were at all times, this hike was spent in the I Think I Know Where We Are mode a bit with a couple of How The Heck Did We Get Here moments thrown in for good measure.
After the hike we decided to watch “Jackie Brown”, Quentin Tarantino, Elmore Leonard, how could you go wrong? But somehow it did. The actors were good, the characters were good and after 40 minutes the plot looked good, but the pace seemed just a bit too slow (no wonder it was listed at 154 minutes.) I thought it might make a good 2 hour movie, while Donna was not so generous, she said 1 hour.
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The sun shone today. The temperature made it above 60. WOOT! We rode home with the top down and didn’t need the windblocker or the heat.
Since I’m not bike riding any more, at the “suggestion” of my wife, we have started to flirt with hiking. We have some friends that do and have tentatively scheduled a to The Len Foote Hike Inn at Amicalola Falls State Park for an overnight. In preparation for this we have bought some hiking boots (and the $14 hiking socks to go with them,) a Camelback mini pack and I talked her into buying a walking stick that doubles as a monopod for the camera. We are lucky that we have the 2000 acres of Hitchcock Woods within spitting distance, so we are going to plan on 2 walks in the woods a week as practice. A shorter walk on a weekday evening and a longer one on either Saturday or Sunday. Tonight we managed around a 2 mile hike (that is if the pedometer we got is accurate.)
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After poking around the WebMD Hypertension Message Boards I discovered that sometimes it takes a couple weeks for some medicines to get to peak effectiveness, so I decided to hold off on pestering the doc. I got a good night’s sleep last night and felt pretty good today. Checked my BP this evening and it read 134/91. Dang that’s 15 points lower than yesterday. Was it the good nights sleep? Was it the 2-mile walk in the woods after work? Was it the meds? Was it that I got my review at work today and got a whopping 2.9% raise? Stay tuned…
A couple weeks ago at my last Doctor’s appointment my blood pressure had creeped back up to the 150/100 mark. Whatever drugs we tried and though worked had lost their effectiveness. The Doctor tossed up his hands and said, “let’s send you to a Cardiologist.” Not only was the BP back up, but the palpitations that started at Thanksgiving hasn’t totally gone away either. Last Thursday I saw the heart Doc and he said, we’ll put you on this different medicine Lotrel 5/10. It is a combination of a couple of drugs, come back in 3 weeks and we’ll do a check and see how you are doing. He suggested I buy a home BP monitor and check my pressure everyday. I have been taking the new meds since last Friday and I have been checking my pressure and it has been hold steady and actually today it was the highest it has been, 152/104. Trouble is, I have been feeling crappy the last 2 days and is it because my BP is up or is it something that makes the pressure rise? I’ll call tomorrow and see if I need to muddle through another week or should we change something now.